SPARKS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4810, 18 February 1936, Page 3

SPARKS.

In 1919, 10.3 per cent, of all cars produced in America were closed cars. This figure increased to 34 per cent, in 1923, and has since continually increased. In 1927 the figure was 84.9 per cent., 1930 90.4 per cent., and in 1934 98.8 per cent. In no circumstances should chromium plated parts be cleaned with an abrasive polish. If the car is cleaned and looked after regularly, rubbing such parts with a damp rag would be sufficient to remove all traces of travel stains, and a final polish with a soft cloth will restore its pristine appearance. In the car they had just turned the corner away from one of the most beautiful of steep .valleys. She exclaimed: "What a beautiful gorge that was!" "Yes, it wasn't bad," he replied, his mind flashing back, unromantically, to the inn in the hollow, "but I could have done with a bit more pudding." When celluloid side curtains lose some of their transparency through rubbing and scratching an application of ordinary metal polish will usually help to restore them. If they become very discoloured, however, a soft rag soaked in warm vinegar should be rubbed over them. Another suggestion is to dissolve two ounces of flexible collodion in a mixture of two ounces of methylated spirits, two ounces of acetone, and two ounces of amyl acetate, and rub over the celluloid. A police constable at Highgate Police Court, addressing a motorist, said; "Do you understand what I am telling you. "No," replied the motorist, "do you?" To which the constable replied, "That is beside the point." Many motorists who, when travelling at night, have killed rabbits which found the. glare of headlights too fascinating have passed on their way unthinking, but one Lumsden motorist (says the Southland Times) will have cause to remember a rodent he encountered near Athol on a recent evening, The rabbit was evidently flung round by the wheel for a loud noise was heard against the mudguard before it was thrown clear. He proceeded on his way, but next morning had the disappointment of discovering a flat tyre. His friends find difficulty in believing his statement that the puncture was caused by splintered bones of the rabbit, but he can produce the evidence, removed from the tyre.

With battery, and coil ignition, the only moving parts are the contactbreaker and distributor. Both these require very little lubrication, but it is important that the bearing below the distributor housing should be kept clean and entirely free from oil. Two or three drops of oil at the fulcrumpin of the contact-breaker and also on the spindle of the distributor, every 1000 or so miles, is all that is required.